Keep Halloween Safe with Magnetic Separation and Metal Detection

Every Halloween, parents across the nation find themselves gripped by the same fear. They aren’t worried about ghosts, ghouls, or goblins—they’re worried about hazardous pieces of metal hidden inside the candy their children bring home from trick or treating. While the infamous urban legends of apples containing razorblades and candy bars laced with needles stir up panic every Halloween, the real threat isn’t from malicious strangers lurking in the neighborhood. The danger of metal contamination in food is present every single day of the year, as the real risk comes from poor manufacturing procedures that allow contamination to enter a food processing line. This may sound grim, but there’s good news: Bunting’s magnetic separators and metal detection products are an effective, simple way to keep food safe.

Magnetic separators from Bunting come in many different varieties, but they all operate according to the same key principle. By using powerful magnets, including rare earth neodymium magnets, magnetic separators attract ferrous metal particles hidden in food and securely trap them against the surface of the magnet, where they are later wiped off. The strength of the magnets ensures that material does not re-enter the product flow as a result of “wipe-off.” Bunting offers magnetic separators for all types of processing lines. Some of our top products are our Magnetic Liquid Traps and In-Line Magnets.

Metal detectors, unlike magnetic separators, are able to detect ALL types of metal, including ferrous, non-ferrous, and stainless steel. By installing magnetic separators and metal detectors at different points within the same system, you are able to create a comprehensive metal removal system that reliably removes all types of metal. Bunting has many metal detection products available that are tailored specifically to the needs of the food processing industry, such as the meatLINE™ for removing metal in ground meats. Recently, we have also developed our “big bag” metal detector, the meTRON™ 07 CI coil Metal Detector with Bulk Sense Kit, for handling large bags (50-100lbs) of dry bulk products like flour and sugar.

If you’re a food processor, don’t trick your customers by selling them unsafe food full of metal contamination. Instead, treat yourself by choosing Bunting magnetic separators and metal detectors for your facility. In addition to protecting your customers and your brand reputation, you will also protect your equipment from costly damage caused by metal contamination. Bunting’s magnetic separation and metal detection products keep your equipment safe and let you avoid the expenses of downtime and equipment repairs. Additionally, it is important to make sure that as a food processor you are remaining in compliance with your HACCP, which includes having magnets and metal detectors in your process.

Metal contamination is a master of disguise. No matter where it’s hiding in a product, Bunting magnetic separators and metal detectors make sure that it gets removed. You don’t have to be afraid of metal contamination when you have Bunting on your side.

On Halloween and every other day of the year, choose Bunting metal detection and magnetic separation to keep metal OUT of food.